Beset by anger

Zechariah 1:2 has a neat bit of text-painting.  The verse uses the root “be angry” ( qatzaph ) twice.   That of course gives the term emphasis.  Yahweh is not merely angry; He’s ANGRY!

The verse is surrounded by the root qatzaph so that the verse reads: “Angry was Yahweh at your fathers – anger!”  The fathers are surrounded by Yahweh’s anger.  Or, perhaps better, Yahweh and the fathers encounter one another within the walls of Yahweh’s anger.  Anger is the framework of their relationship.